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World Service,07 Dec 2021,49 mins

Afghans denied UK assistance after the fall of Kabul, says whistle-blower

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The UK Foreign Office's handling of the Afghan evacuation after the Taliban seized Kabul was "dysfunctional" and "chaotic", a whistle-blower has said. Raphael Marshall said the process of choosing who could get a flight out was "arbitrary" and thousands of emails with pleas for help went unread. A government spokesperson said staff had "worked tirelessly" on the "biggest mission of its kind in generations". We'll find out why all New Yorkers need to be vaccinated against Covid-19 by December 27th if they want to go to work. And a special report from Turkey, where opposition parties have renewed calls for early elections amid growing economic instability, following historic falls in the value of the Turkish Lira.

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